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Good morning , my buddies. I'm Juliet. I'm so glad to meet you through network. I'm hoping that we could spend a wonderful morning together. 大家早上好，我是juliet. 很高兴又和大家在空中见面了。希望和您在此度过一个美好的清晨。
【直击主题】
There's a phrase which asks someone to quiet. It's similar to saying "Please quiet down". What's it? Let's listen to a simple situational dialogue.
A : Would you keep it down?
B : Sure. I can turn this music off.
【答疑解惑】
Okay, guys, have you spotted it? It is " keep it down". "Keep" is a factitive verb which means make. "It" refers to something that disturbs someone else and it's used as object. "down" is a adverb which means low and it's used as complement of "it". "Keep it down" is very easy to think of it's meaning if we put it in a situation. 直译是：是它下降。把声音一步步的压下来，那么环境安静多了，不打搅大别人。因此它的意思就是：安静点儿，小声点儿。
【拓展视野】
We have more phrases to take place of " keep it down. " which are as follows:
1 quiet down
For example: He managed to quiet those children down.
他使那些孩子们安静下来。
2 settle down
For example:The teacher told the students to settle down and study the text.
教师让学生安静下来学习课文.
3 quiet down
For example: She soon quieted down and fell asleep.
她不久就安静下来睡着了。
4 pipe down
For example: He shouted at us to pipe down.
他大声叫我们安静下来。
5 silence somebody
For example: The teacher tried to silence the pupils.
老师设法让学生们安静下来。
6 die down
For example: Please!till the din died down.
后来人们渐渐安静下来。This sentence comes from the famous literature called Gone with the Wind.
7 keep still
For example: He began walking jerkily up and down, evidently unable to keep still.
他开始来回走动，不能安静下来。
8 sober down
For example: Can you find a way to sober the children down?
你能想法子让孩子们安静下来吗？
Now let's talk about "keep down". "keep down " means "to hide yourself by not standing up straight". 是“蹲下，卧倒， 埋伏，隐藏”的意思。 For example: Keep down ! You must not let anyone see you .蹲下，一定不能让人看见你。We have another phrase: keep somebody down which means " to prevent a person , or a group etc. from expressing themselves freely". 意思是：压制，镇压，控制某人。For example: The people have been kept down for years by a brutal regime. 多年来，人们一直受着残暴的压制。We have one more phrase: keep something down which means "to make something stay at a lower level". For example: Keep your voice down, I don't want anyone else to hear. 小声点，我不想让任何人听到。Keep the noise down. 小声点儿。Keep down wages 保持低工资；keep down prices, 保持低物价; keep down the cost of life 保持低生活费用。“Keep something down”has another meaning which is " not to bring something back through mouth from the stomack". 意思是：不呕吐。For example: She's had some water but can't keep any food down. 他喝了点水，但是一吃东西就吐。
